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Rob Hallock

(aka Thrax)

Rob Hallock is a frequent contributor to Icrontic and veteran member. In his spare time he enjoys PC gaming, being a human RSS aggregator, and finding extra megahertz (much like change in the bottom of a couch). While some say "Divide and conquer," he thinks 1:1 is a better tactic.

Articles by Rob Hallock

  • The $600 US stimulus check PC
  • Solve Wireless Lag and Disconnects on XP
  • Slipstreaming Windows XP
  • First look at a retail OCZ Cryo-Z
  • Make a USB flash drive bootable
  • The Core 2's FSB, RAM and Bandwidth Explained
  • Repair and Fresh Install of Windows XP
  • How to Burn an ISO (for Free)
  • Removing Trojan.Zlob in all its forms
  • Windows Password Recovery
  • Fixing Winsock
  • Beware of Spylocked (Smitfraud in disguise)
  • Hard drive testing guide
  • How Hard Drives Work
  • Advanced Data Recovery
  • Why Windows Vista isn't ready for geeks
  • Transfer CD music to your MP3 player
  • Quickest Guide to Wireless Security (Ever)
  • Quad Core Processing: Over-simplified, demystified, and explained
  • AMD Athlon Processor Comparison Guide

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Hardware Ticker

  • 3dGameMan video reviews the SilverStone Nightjar 450W Zero dBA fanless PSU. It's silent with solid caps. pg-7/04
  • Today's endless flood of video card reviews: Sapphire HD 4850, PowerColor HD 4850, and PNY GeForce GTX 260. pg-7/04
  • OCZ's Flex-II series comes ready for water cooling out of the box. TweakTown tests their Flex-II PC2-9200 kit. pg-7/04
  • A custom Crysis config can improve visual quality and game performance. pg-7/04
  • Crucial Ballistix PC3-16000 is seizure-inducing fast. pg-7/04
  • NV PhysX Tweaker 1.0 allows you to enable or disable GeForce PhysX and switch to CPU PhysX. pg-7/03
  • Guru3D pairs non-matching Radeon HD-series cards in CrossfireX to see what happens. pg-7/03
  • Phoronix tests the HD 4870 in Linux. pg-7/03

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